Given name · also Germanic
Erykah
Erykah is a feminine given name from Germanic.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Erykah comes from Germanic, and ultimately from Germanic languages.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1997. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Erykah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,554
- 0 boys · 1,554 girls
- Most popular year
- 1997
- 279 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #13,733 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −30%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 13,733 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 30.2% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 279 in 1997. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,209 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Erykah’s family of names
In English usage, Erykah has a related form in Erica. In English usage, Erykah has a related form in Erika.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Erykah
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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